First of all, I agree with you on the main point. But stick to it, and leave out the "Russian players don't believe in the cheap shot" crap - as many Russian players are on the edge or take that cheap shot as Americans, or Canadians, or whatever. In fact, there is quite a debate about the tendencies of players out of different systems to use sticks as opposed to fighting, etc. that has been going on for decades now.
It is enough to note that in last night's game, like most games, each team gave as good as it got, and leave it at that. In terms of playing good "clean" hockey with some class - neither team last night should take particular pride in their actions.
And, I will say this - if Ovechkin and crowd try it against the Canadians, they are going to regret it on the scoreboard, and on the ice.
